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World Cup: Recap of Ghana v. Germany and Australia v. Serbia and Matchday 14 Previews

Dave Lifton June 23, 2010 1

Ghana 0-1 Germany Australia 2-1 Serbia The second set of games of the day were no less thrilling – four teams, all of whom were still capable of advancing. The biggest surprise was Australia

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World Cup: Matchday 12 Recap and Matchday 13 Previews

Dave Lifton June 22, 2010 0

It’s tough to follow two games simultaneously. Over the years I’ve found that the best way for me to do this is to put the game I want to see game on my TV

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World Cup: Matchday 8 Recap and Matchday 9 Previews

Dave Lifton June 18, 2010 2

Germany 0-1 Serbia I disagree with the conventional wisdom on the sending off of Miroslav Klose. Yes, it was harsh, but he was already on a yellow, and you don’t make a needless tackle

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World Cup: Matchday 7 Recap and Matchday 8 Previews

Dave Lifton June 17, 2010 9

Argentina 4-1 South Korea Questions about whether or not Maradona could mold this offense into a cohesive unit were answered with another thrilling display. It helps when you get an early own goal and

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World Cup: Matchday 3 Recap and Matchday 4 Preview

Dave Lifton June 13, 2010 0

Algeria 0-1 Slovenia The things I do for you people. When people talk about why they don’t like soccer, it’s because they’ve seen games like this – played between the penalty areas, with little

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World Cup: Matchday 2 Recap and Matchday 3 Preview

Dave Lifton June 12, 2010 7

Every Friday throughout the World Cup, WNYC’s excellent Soundcheck program will focus on the music of the nations at the World Cup. Check out the first installment here. South Korea 2-0 Greece Greece’s once

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The World Cup: Groups C & D Previews

Dave Lifton June 7, 2010 3

Remember that there’s still time to join the Yahoo Fantasy Group for Popdose readers. The password is “popdose.” Group C (world ranking in parentheses): Algeria (30): Alphabetically, they’re first in the list of the

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